Age, Biography and Wiki
Orvil Dryfoos (Orvil Eugene Dryfoos) was born on 8 November, 1912 in United States, is an American newspaper publisher. Discover Orvil Dryfoos's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?
Popular As |
Orvil Eugene Dryfoos |
Occupation |
N/A |
Age |
50 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
Born |
8 November, 1912 |
Birthday |
8 November |
Birthplace |
N/A |
Date of death |
25 May, 1963 |
Died Place |
N/A |
Nationality |
United States
|
We recommend you to check the complete list of Famous People born on 8 November.
He is a member of famous with the age 50 years old group.
Orvil Dryfoos Height, Weight & Measurements
At 50 years old, Orvil Dryfoos height not available right now. We will update Orvil Dryfoos's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
Physical Status |
Height |
Not Available |
Weight |
Not Available |
Body Measurements |
Not Available |
Eye Color |
Not Available |
Hair Color |
Not Available |
Who Is Orvil Dryfoos's Wife?
His wife is Marian Sulzberger
Family |
Parents |
Not Available |
Wife |
Marian Sulzberger |
Sibling |
Not Available |
Children |
Jacqueline Hays Dryfoos Greenspon Robert Ochs Dryfoos Susan Warms Dryfoos Selznick |
Orvil Dryfoos Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Orvil Dryfoos worth at the age of 50 years old? Orvil Dryfoos’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from United States. We have estimated Orvil Dryfoos's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
House |
Not Available |
Cars |
Not Available |
Source of Income |
|
Orvil Dryfoos Social Network
Instagram |
|
Linkedin |
|
Twitter |
|
Facebook |
|
Wikipedia |
|
Imdb |
|
Timeline
Orvil Eugene Dryfoos (November 8, 1912 – May 25, 1963) was the publisher of The New York Times from 1961 to his death.
He entered the Times family via his marriage to Marian Sulzberger, daughter of then-publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger.
Dryfoos was born to Jack A. Dryfoos and the former Florence Levi.
The elder Dryfoos was a wealthy hosiery manufacturer who was also the treasurer of a paper novelty manufacturing company.
Orvil Dryfoos attended the Horace Mann School in New York City and Dartmouth College.
He majored in sociology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1934.
Upon graduation he began work as a runner on Wall Street at the firm Asiel & Co.
In 1937 he moved to the firm Sydney Lewinson & Co. as a partner and purchased a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
Dryfoos belonged to Congregation Emanu-El of New York.
Dryfoos was prevented from serving in World War II due to a diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease.
He worked instead for the New York Red Cross Chapter's blood donor committee through the war.
On July 8, 1941, he married Marian Sulzberger, daughter of New York Times publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger.
His father-in-law had also married into the Ochs family who owned the paper.
He was the husband of Adolph Ochs's only child, Iphigene Ochs.
"I was sensible enough to marry the boss's daughter," Sulzberger told Dryfoos, "and you were too."
In 1942, Dryfoos left Wall Street to be groomed to lead The New York Times and he became a reporter on the local staff.
Though he worked numerous assignments, he never earned a byline during his year on the writing staff.
The next year he became assistant to the publisher.
He had three children: Jacqueline Hays, (born May 8, 1943), Robert Ochs (November 4, 1944) and Susan Warms (November 5, 1946).
Dryfoos and his wife, the former Marian Sulzberger, had three children: Jacqueline Hays Dryfoos (born 1943), a psychotherapist divorced from Stuart Greenspon; Robert Ochs Dryfoos (born 1944), divorced from Katie Thomas; and Susan Warms Dryfoos (born 1946), married to Daniel Selznick, son of film producer David O. Selznick and Irene Mayer Selznick.
In 1954 Dryfoos became a vice-president and director of the company.
He was awarded an honorary Master of Arts in 1957 from Dartmouth and an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1962 from Oberlin College.
In 1957 he became Times president and after Sulzberger suffered a stroke in 1958, Dryfoos became responsible for most of the paper's day-to-day operations.
He officially became publisher on April 25, 1961, when Sulzberger stepped down.
Dryfoos immediately appointed veteran editorial board member, writer, and iconoclast John Bertram Oakes editorial page editor.
Another of Dryfoos's first orders of business was launching the Western Edition of The New York Times, which was announced on October 31, 1961.
The defining struggle of Dryfoos' tenure at The Times was a lengthy a massive newspaper strike, which began in late 1962 and brought the publishing industry of New York to its knees.
The staff of The Times dropped from 5,000 working personnel to only 900.
The stress of negotiations and continuing to produce as much of a paper as possible adversely affected Dryfoos's health, as he worked to resolve the strike.
The strike lasted for 114 days and at the time was identified as the costliest in Times history.
Following the protracted, and draining, 112-day newspaper strike of 1962-63, Dryfoos went to Puerto Rico to recover, but while there he checked into a hospital.
He returned to New York and immediately went to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center.
On March 31, 1963, the strikers returned to work.
Dryfoos maintained cordial relations with strikers throughout the stoppage and greeted the staff with a letter stating, "It's good to see you back at work!"
He died there on May 25, 1963, from heart failure at the age of 50.
Dryfoos's funeral at Congregation Emanu-El of New York was attended by many notable residents of New York City, including New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr., Columbia University president Grayson L. Kirk and later long-time New York District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau.
Many members of the Rockefeller family were there, including New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, Lincoln Center chairman John D. Rockefeller III, and Chase Manhattan Bank president David Rockefeller.
Dryfoos became a trustee of his alma mater Dartmouth, a lay trustee of Fordham University, and trustee and executive committee member of the Rockefeller Foundation, a director of the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, a director of the Fifth Avenue Association, a director of the 1964 New York World's Fair, and president of the company charity, The New York Times Foundation.
Many of his rival publishers attended: Hearst Newspapers editor in chief William Randolph Hearst, Jr., Newhouse publisher Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr., New York Post publisher Dorothy Schiff, CBS president Frank Stanton, and Time Inc. chairman Andrew Heiskell (in 1965, Heiskell married Dryfoos's widow, Marian).
James Reston, the Washington correspondent and future executive editor of The New York Times who was also a close friend of Dryfoos, gave the eulogy.